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dc.contributor.author | Kangethe, Simon | - |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-07-08T08:28:21Z | - |
dc.date.available | 2021-07-08T08:28:21Z | - |
dc.date.issued | 2010 | - |
dc.identifier.uri | http://ir.mu.ac.ke:8080/jspui/handle/123456789/4789 | - |
dc.description.abstract | Aim: The study aims to explore the attitudes and perceptions of family and community palliative care givers pertaining to volunteerism. Objective: The main objective is to involve palliative caregivers and their supervisors in assessing their contribution to care and evaluate their state of volunteerism. Materials and Methods: The study attracted qualitative design and involved 82 palliative caregivers in 10 focus group discussions; one-to-one interviews with the nurses supervising them. Two slightly different interview guides were used as research instruments. Results: Findings indicate that palliative care giving volunteerism is motivated and sustained by: (1) Principles of love emanating from blood and kinship relations; (2) Patriotism and community responsibility over one another; (3) Adherence and respect of their culture and government call. Volunteerism was also found challenged by: (1) Predominance of the elderly and lowly educated women; (2) Poverty and heavy caseload; (3) Being shunned by the youth; (4) And lack of morale, recognition and motivation. Recommendations: The study recommends: (1) Socializing boys early enough in life into care giving; (2) Offering incentives to the caregivers; (3) Use of public forums to persuade men to accept helping women in carrying out care giving duties; (4) And enlisting support of all leaders to advocate for men’s involvement in care giving. | en_US |
dc.language.iso | en | en_US |
dc.publisher | Wolters Kluwer--Medknow Publications | en_US |
dc.subject | Community home based care program | en_US |
dc.subject | HIV/AIDS | en_US |
dc.subject | Palliative caregivers | en_US |
dc.subject | Panacea | en_US |
dc.subject | Perfidy | en_US |
dc.subject | Volunteerism | en_US |
dc.title | Exploring states of Panacea and Perfidy of family and community volunteerism in Palliative care giving in Kanye CHBC Program, Botswana | en_US |
dc.type | Article | en_US |
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